Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

I. Editorial Features

Short Report

Norbert Lameire, Jürgen Floege, and David C. Wheeler

Report from the editorial office
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 1-2; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl773 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Comments

Anne-Lise Kamper

The importance of a correct evaluation of progression in studies on chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on September 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 3-5; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl561 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lars Christian Rump

Secondary rise of albuminuria under AT1-receptor blockade—what is the potential role of aldosterone escape?
NDT Advance Access published on October 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 5-8; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl549 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Colin Baigent and Martin Landray

Which cardiovascular risk factors matter in chronic kidney disease?
NDT Advance Access published on October 13, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 9-11; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl580 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ihor Gussak and Hiie M. Gussak

Sudden cardiac death in nephrology: focus on acquired long QT syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on November 8, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 12-14; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl587 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephan J. L. Bakker, Ron T. Gansevoort, and Dick de Zeeuw

Metabolic syndrome: a fata morgana?
NDT Advance Access published on October 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 15-20; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl581 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ingrid Ledebo

Ultrapure dialysis fluid—how pure is it and do we need it?
NDT Advance Access published on October 11, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 20-23; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl574 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stanley Shaldon

The use of IV iron in the treatment of anaemia of ESRD patients on maintenance haemodialysis: an historical and personal view
NDT Advance Access published on November 6, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 23-25; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl639 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jörg Beimler and Martin Zeier

ABO-incompatible transplantation—a safe way to perform renal transplantation?
NDT Advance Access published on September 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 25-27; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl557 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Reviews

Indranil Chakravorty, Manu Shastry, and Ken Farrington

Sleep apnoea in end-stage renal disease: a short review of mechanisms and potential benefit from its treatment
NDT Advance Access published on October 5, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 28-31; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl582 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher F. Wong

Rituximab in refractory antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis: what is the current evidence?
NDT Advance Access published on October 20, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 32-36; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl573 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Translational Nephrology

Marcus J. Moeller

Dynamics at the slit diaphragm—is nephrin actin'?
NDT Advance Access published on September 2, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 37-39; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl485 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Harm Peters and Thomas Unger

Mast cells and the power of local RAS activation
NDT Advance Access published on September 12, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 40-42; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl544 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kidney Diseases beyond Nephrology

Get checked abstract Charles A. Herzog

Kidney disease in cardiology
NDT Advance Access published on December 15, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 43-46; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl739 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Johannes F. E. Mann

What's new in hypertension?
NDT Advance Access published on November 11, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 47-52; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl656 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pro-Con Debate

Wim Van Biesen, Francio Verbeke, and Raymond Vanholder

Cardiovascular disease in haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis: arguments pro peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on October 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 53-58; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl601 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Liviu Segall and Adrian Covic

Cardiovascular disease in haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis: arguments pro haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on November 11, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 59-63; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl643 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Feature

Nancy Spaeth

The nurse, mother of two and four transplants—Nancy Spaeth tells her story
NDT Advance Access published on November 3, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 64-67; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl612 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

II. Scientific Papers

Original Articles: Experimental Nephrology

Get checked abstract Itsuro Kazama, Tomohiro Arata, Mari Michimata, Ryo Hatano, Michiko Suzuki, Noriyuki Miyama, Satoru Sanada, Akira Sato, Susumu Satomi, Yutaka Ejima, Sei Sasaki, and Mitsunobu Matsubara

Lithium effectively complements vasopressin V₂ receptor antagonist in the treatment of hyponatraemia of SIADH rats
NDT Advance Access published on May 15, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 68-76; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl110 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tomokazu Nagao, Mimiko Matsumura, Ayako Mabuchi, Akiko Ishida-Okawara, Osamu Koshio, Toshinori Nakayama, Haruyuki Minamitani, and Kazuo Suzuki

Up-regulation of adhesion molecule expression in glomerular endothelial cells by anti-myeloperoxidase antibody
NDT Advance Access published on September 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 77-87; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl555 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Anna Rippe, Catarina Rippe, Karl Swärd, and Bengt Rippe

Disproportionally low clearance of macromolecules from the plasma to the peritoneal cavity in a mouse model of peritoneal dialysis
NDT Advance Access published on October 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 88-95; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl497 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Clinical Nephrology

Get checked abstract Vasileios Giapros, Photeini Papadimitriou, Anna Challa, and Styliani Andronikou

The effect of intrauterine growth retardation on renal function in the first two months of life
NDT Advance Access published on September 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 96-103; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl550 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Elizabeth A. Shaw, Deb Colville, Yan Yan Wang, Ke Wei Zhang, Hayat Dagher, Rob Fassett, Robyn Guymer, and Judy Savige

Characterization of the peripheral retinopathy in X-linked and autosomal recessive Alport syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on October 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 104-108; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl607 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lydia Nakopoulou, Andreas C. Lazaris, Ioannis Boletis, Spyros Michail, Christos Iatrou, Gabriel Papadakis, Sophia Athanassiadou, and Charalambos Stathakis

The expression of matrix metalloproteinase-11 protein in various types of glomerulonephritis
NDT Advance Access published on November 3, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 109-117; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl618 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Vasilios G. Athyros, Dimitri P. Mikhailidis, Evangelos N. Liberopoulos, Anna I. Kakafika, Asterios Karagiannis, Athanasios A. Papageorgiou, Konstantinos Tziomalos, Emmanuel S. Ganotakis, and Moses Elisaf

Effect of statin treatment on renal function and serum uric acid levels and their relation to vascular events in patients with coronary heart disease and metabolic syndrome: A subgroup analysis of the GREek Atorvastatin and Coronary heart disease Evaluation (GREACE) Study
NDT Advance Access published on September 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 118-127; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl538 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Martijn Anton Verkade, Corné Johan van Druningen, Leonard Maria Bernardus Vaessen, Dennis Adriaan Hesselink, Willem Weimar, and Michiel Gerardus Henricus Betjes

Functional impairment of monocyte-derived dendritic cells in patients with severe chronic kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on September 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 128-138; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl519 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Min Chen, Feng Yu, Su-Xia Wang, Wan-Zhong Zou, Ying Zhang, Ming-Hui Zhao, and Hai-Yan Wang

Renal histology in Chinese patients with anti-myeloperoxidase autoantibody-positive Wegener's granulomatosis
NDT Advance Access published on September 15, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 139-145; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl509 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Petri Aaltonen, Johanna Rinta-Valkama, Anu Pätäri, Päivi Tossavainen, Tuula Palmén, Petri Kulmala, Mikael Knip, and Harry Holthöfer

Circulating antibodies to nephrin in patients with type 1 diabetes
NDT Advance Access published on September 8, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 146-153; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl486 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Carsten A. Böger, Mike Stubanus, Thomas Haak, Angela K. Götz, Johanna Christ, Ute Hoffmann, Günter A. J. Riegger, and Bernhard K. Krämer for the GENDIAN Study Group

Effect of MTHFR C677T genotype on survival in type 2 diabetes patients with end-stage diabetic nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on September 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 154-162; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl512 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gunnar H. Heine, Birgit Reichart, Christof Ulrich, Hans Köhler, and Matthias Girndt

Do ultrasound renal resistance indices reflect systemic rather than renal vascular damage in chronic kidney disease?
NDT Advance Access published on August 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 163-170; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl484 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles: Dialysis and Transplantation

Get checked abstract Yvonne Y. Shen, John A. Charlesworth, John J. Kelly, Ken W. Loi, and Philip W. Peake

Up-regulation of adiponectin, its isoforms and receptors in end-stage kidney disease
NDT Advance Access published on September 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 171-178; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl552 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Miroslav Merta, Jana Reiterova, Jana Ledvinova, Helena Poupetová, Robert Dobrovolny, Romana Rysavá, Dita Maixnerová, Jan Bultas, Jirí Motán, Jitka Slivkova, Doris Sobotova, Jana Smrzova, and Vladimir Tesar

A nationwide blood spot screening study for Fabry disease in the Czech Republic haemodialysis patient population
NDT Advance Access published on October 13, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 179-186; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl528 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jeannette G. van Manen, Paul C. W. van Dijk, Vianda S. Stel, Friedo W. Dekker, Montse Clèries, Ferruccio Conte, Terry Feest, Reinhard Kramar, Torbjørn Leivestad, J. Douglas Briggs, Bénédicte Stengel, and Kitty J. Jager

Confounding effect of comorbidity in survival studies in patients on renal replacement therapy
NDT Advance Access published on September 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 187-195; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl502 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Xin Wang, Jonas Axelsson, Louise Nordfors, A. Rashid Qureshi, Carla Avesani, Peter Barany, Martin Schalling, Olof Heimbürger, Bengt Lindholm, and Peter Stenvinkel

Changes in fat mass after initiation of maintenance dialysis is influenced by the uncoupling protein 2 exon 8 insertion/deletion polymorphism
NDT Advance Access published on September 17, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 196-202; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl504 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Steven D. Weisbord, Linda F. Fried, Mark L. Unruh, Paul L. Kimmel, Galen E. Switzer, Michael J. Fine, and Robert M. Arnold

Associations of race with depression and symptoms in patients on maintenance haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on September 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 203-208; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl521 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mohamed Suliman, Peter Stenvinkel, Abdul Rashid Qureshi, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Peter Bárány, Olof Heimbürger, Edward F. Vonesh, and Bengt Lindholm

The reverse epidemiology of plasma total homocysteine as a mortality risk factor is related to the impact of wasting and inflammation
NDT Advance Access published on September 17, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 209-217; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl510 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract María-José Fernández Reyes, María-Auxiliadora Bajo, Covadonga Hevía, Gloria del Peso, Silvia Ros, Auxiliadora García de Miguel, Antonio Cirugeda, María-José Castro, José A. Sánchez-Tomero, and Rafael Selgas

Inherent high peritoneal transport and ultrafiltration deficiency: their mid-term clinical relevance
NDT Advance Access published on September 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 218-223; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl529 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Chia-Chu Chang, Ching-Hui Hung, Hung-Lin Chen, Kai-Lin Hwang, and Ching-Yuang Lin

Peritoneal transport characteristics and dwelling time significantly impact ghrelin clearance in peritoneal dialysis patients
NDT Advance Access published on September 27, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 224-228; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl540 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Adamasco Cupisti, Lorenzo Ghiadoni, Claudia D'Alessandro, Isabella Kardasz, Ester Morelli, Vincenzo Panichi, Daniela Locati, Sheila Morandi, Alessandro Saba, Giuliano Barsotti, Stefano Taddei, Anna Arnoldi, and Antonio Salvetti

Soy protein diet improves endothelial dysfunction in renal transplant patients
NDT Advance Access published on September 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 229-234; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl553 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Peter Schnuelle, Uwe Gottmann, Hannes Köppel, Paul Thomas Brinkkoetter, Stefan Krzossok, Johannes Weiss, Wilhelm Schmitt, Benito A. Yard, Matthias Heinrich Martin Schwarzbach, Stefan Post, Fokko Johannes van der Woude, and Rainer Birck

Comparison of early renal function parameters for the prediction of 5-year graft survival after kidney transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on September 25, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 235-245; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl530 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rutger M. van Ree, Leendert H. Oterdoom, Aiko P. J. de Vries, Ron T. Gansevoort, Jaap J. Homan van der Heide, Willem J. van Son, Rutger J. Ploeg, Paul E. de Jong, Reinold O. B. Gans, and Stephan J. L. Bakker , on behalf of the Renal Transplant Program, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Elevated levels of C-reactive protein independently predict accelerated deterioration of graft function in renal transplant recipients
NDT Advance Access published on September 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 246-253; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl511 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

III. Clinical Reports

Case Reports

Young-Woong Won, Sang-Woong Han, Ho-Jung Kim, Young-Ha Oh, and Moon-Hyang Park

Spontaneous renal pelvic haematoma mimicking cancer in IgA nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on August 25, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 254-256; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl471 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carla Santos-Araújo, Martins Campos, Cristina Gavina, F. Rocha-Gonçalves, and Manuel Pestana

Combined use of plasmapheresis and antidigoxin antibodies in a patient with severe digoxin intoxication and acute renal failure
NDT Advance Access published on September 8, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 257-258; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl482 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Larissa Kerecuk, Anaar Sajoo, Lesley McGregor, Jonathan Berg, Mushfequr R. Haq, Neil J. Sebire, Coralie Bingham, Emma L. Edghill, Sian Ellard, Judy Taylor, Sue Rigden, Frances A. Flinter, and Adrian S. Woolf

Autosomal dominant inheritance of non-syndromic renal hypoplasia and dysplasia: dramatic variation in clinical severity in a single kindred
NDT Advance Access published on September 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 259-263; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl531 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shobhana G. Nayak, Renuka Satish, Prashant Kedley, Raviprakash Deshpande, Gokulnath, and Isha Garg

Acute renal failure during pregnancy—an unusual cause
NDT Advance Access published on September 15, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 264-265; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl532 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rapur Ram, Guditi Swarnalatha, Neela Prasad, and Kaligotla Venkata Dakshinamurty

Exit site infection due to Zygomycosis resulting in abdominal wall necrosis in a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patient
NDT Advance Access published on September 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 266-267; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl535 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ewa Wieczorek-Surdacka, Andrzej Surdacki, Stefanie M. Bode-Böger, Bibianne Schubert, and Wtadystaw Sulowicz

Elevated plasma asymmetric dimethyl-L-arginine in a patient with Gordon syndrome
NDT Advance Access published on September 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 268-271; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl520 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mohammad Reza Ardalan, Mohammadali Mohajel Shoja, and Sari Kiuru-Enari

Amyloidosis-related nephrotic syndrome due to a G654A gelsolin mutation: the first report from the Middle East
NDT Advance Access published on September 23, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 272-275; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl548 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IV. Educational Features

Images in Nephrology

Wen-Hung Huang, Li-Jen Wang, Chun-Cheng Yu, and Ja-Liang Lin

Bilateral renal aneurysms in a chronic hepatitis B patient
NDT Advance Access published on September 8, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 276-277; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl513 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matthias Meier, Andrea Beigel, Lena Schiffer, Jochen Lotz, Markus Hiss, Michael Mengel, Hermann Haller, and Anke Schwarz

Magnetic resonance imaging in a patient with chronic lithium nephropathy
NDT Advance Access published on September 20, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 278-279; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl536 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Faissal Tarrass, Meryem Benjelloun, Ghislaine Medkouri, Khadija Hachim, Mohamed Benghanem Gharbi, and Benyounes Ramdani

Spontaneous kidney rupture—an unusual complication of Wegener's granulomatosis
NDT Advance Access published on October 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 280; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl617 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

V. Varia

Letters and Replies

Jaume Almirall, Mariapau P. Valenzuela, and Thais Lopez

Candesartan reduces cardiovascular events in patients on chronic haemodialysis
NDT Advance Access published on November 3, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 281; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl646 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yasuaki Dohi

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on November 3, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 281-282; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl647 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rasheed Ahmad

Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis induced by glucosamine
NDT Advance Access published on December 7, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 282; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl680 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

V. K. Audimoolam

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on December 7, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 282; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl737 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Harish Shetty and Khalid Bel'eed-akkari

Insertion of dialysis line without shortening of peel away sheath
NDT Advance Access published on November 30, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 282; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl652 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rajesh Bhat, Alison Severn, and Sam Chakraverty

Reply
NDT Advance Access published on November 30, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 282-283; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl653 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mieneke Rook, Jaap J Homan van der Heide, and Gerjan Navis

Significant negative association with age and both GFR and ERPF in male and female living kidney donors
NDT Advance Access published on October 2, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 283; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl516 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ulla B. Berg

Reply—Gender difference in GFR dependent on age
NDT Advance Access published on November 7, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 284; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl670 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters

Ali Cetinkaya, Ergul Belge Kurutas, Ertan Bulbuloglu, and Bulent Kantarceken

The effects of n-acetylcysteine on methotrexate-induced oxidative renal damage in rats
NDT Advance Access published on July 28, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 284-285; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl420 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

José António Lopes, Sofia Jorge, Fernando C. Neves, Manuel Caneira, António Gomes da Costa, Acácio Cordeiro Ferreira, and Mateus Martins Prata

An assessment of the rifle criteria for acute renal failure in severely burned patients
NDT Advance Access published on July 31, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 285; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl468 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Inês Aires, Patrícia Matias, Célia Gil, Cristina Jorge, and Aníbal Ferreira

On-line haemodiafiltration with high volume substitution fluid: long-term efficacy and security
NDT Advance Access published on August 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 286-287; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl381 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aiko Inoue, Tetsuya Babazono, Kumi Suzuki, and Yasuhiko Iwamoto

Albuminuria is an independent predictor of decreased serum erythropoietin levels in type 2 diabetic patients
NDT Advance Access published on August 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 287-288; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl481 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sandra Brum, José Rueff, João R. Santos, and Joaquim Calado

Unusual adult-onset manifestation of an attenuated Bartter's syndrome type IV renal phenotype caused by a mutation in BSND
NDT Advance Access published on August 25, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 288-289; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl493 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kathrin Hochegger, Karl Lhotta, Gert Mayer, Martin Czejka, and Wolfgang Hilbe

Pharmacokinetic analysis of docetaxel during haemodialysis in a patient with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer
NDT Advance Access published on August 25, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 289-290; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl498 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mario Cozzolino, Andrea Galassi, Maria Luisa Biondi, Alessandra Butti, Micol Russo, Carlo Longhini, Maurizio Gallieni, and Diego Brancaccio

Decreased serum fetuin-A levels after a single haemodialysis session
NDT Advance Access published on August 18, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 290-291; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl499 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert P. Carroll, Fiona Brown, and Peter G. Kerr

Anti-CD20 antibody treatment in refractory Class IV lupus nephritis
NDT Advance Access published on November 9, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 291-293; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl501 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Asterios Karagiannis, Konstantinos Tziomalos, Anna Kakafika, Matilda Florentin, and Vassilios Gabriel Athyros

Eplerenone relieves spironolactone-induced painful gynaecomastia in a patient with primary aldosteronism
NDT Advance Access published on October 2, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 293; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl500 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fábio Luiz de Menezes Montenegro, Marcos Roberto Tavares, Anói Castro Cordeiro, Alberto Rosseti Ferraz, Luiz Estevam Ianhez, and Carlos Alberto Buchpigel

Intrathyroidal supernumerary parathyroid gland in hyperparathyroidism after renal transplantation
NDT Advance Access published on August 25, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 293-295; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl503 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hanna Bachorzewska-Gajewska, Jolanta Malyszko, Ewa Sitniewska, Jacek S. Malyszko, and Slawomir Dobrzycki

Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) correlations with cystatin C, serum creatinine and eGFR in patients with normal serum creatinine undergoing coronary angiography
NDT Advance Access published on September 2, 2006
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2007 22: 295-296; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl408 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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